Sunday, December 3, 2017

IB Lit: Transgression and Redemption Final 2017



  1. How does the city serve simultaneously as a symbol of society and of Raskolnikov's state of mind?
  2. How do the living spaces reflect and enhance our understanding of the characters and the plot?
  3. How does the novel function as an allegory for Russian Orthodox Christian's journey?
  4. How should the reader reconcile Svidrigailov's charitable gestures at the end of the novel with his violent confrontation of Dunya during the same time frame; does his eventual suicide affect the response?

Prep all four; draw on exam day. You will use your prepped notes and your novel to answer the question you draw.